Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (lost adaptation of animated short film based on manga; 1985)

Screenshot of the short film used for the cover of Vol. 44, published January 9, 1987.

Status: Lost

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所) is a manga series written by Osamu Akimoto that ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1976 and was the longest running manga series in the magazine until its conclusion in 2016. The manga series is very well known in Japan and is nicknamed "KochiKame." It is a story in the Police Box (Kōban) "Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo" in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, and is performed by police officer Kankichi Ryōtsu and the people around him.

This work has been animated and is generally known for the 1996 TV series, but it was also animated in 1985.

Overview

Two episodes, "Ryō-san's Punishment" (罰当たり両さんの巻, published in Shōnen Jump 1985 issue 7) and "The Silver Tour" (シルバーツアーの巻, published in Shōnen Jump 1985 issue 22), were animated and screened together with Kimagure Orange Road at the "Weekly Shōnen Jump Special Anime Grand March" (週刊少年ジャンプ・スペシャルアニメ大行進), an event that traveled around Japan from November 1985 to October 1986 to screen anime films.

Episodes plot

"Ryō-san's Punishment" (罰当たり両さんの巻)

One day, an unfamiliar old man entered the police box. The old man was in fact a wizard, who had heard of Ryōtsu's bad reputation and had come to punish him. The magic turns Ryōtsu into a child, and even changes his size into a miniature one. Ryōtsu, however, still shows no remorse, and is finally turned into a fly that hangs around in dung...

"The Silver Tour" (シルバーツアーの巻)

For the Keirōkai, who had been swindled out of their travel expenses by a scam, Ryōtsu planned a false tour, falsely claiming Enoshima as Hawaii. The tour somehow ended, but the cost was the same as the actual trip to Hawaii. The swindler were caught and the money returned, but Ryōtsu did not know that...

Staff

• Director - Hiroshi Sasakawa
• Writer - Takao Koyama
• Anime director - Yoshizō Tsuda
• Art director - Mistuki Nakamura
• Music - Tadashige Matsui
• Production - Tatsunoko Production
• Character design - Studio "Ammonite"

Cast

• Kenji Utsumi as Kankichi Ryōtsu
• Kōichi Kitamura as Ōjirō Ōhara
• Mika Doi as Reiko Akimoto
• Akira Kamiya as Keiichi Nakagawa
• Jōji Yanami as Old man
• Takeo Ono as Tokubē
• Ryūji Saikachi as Old man B
• Atsuko Mine as Old lady

Availability

The film has not been made available for home media or otherwise sold to the public, nor has the video surfaced online, making a means of viewing it impossible. Wikipedia has information that an OVA was produced in 1988 as part of a Shonen Jump gift project and distributed to the winners. However, this information is unknown due to the lack of specific sources.

Gallery

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  More about the short films featured in Kochi Kame Daizenshū: Kamedas (こち亀大全集 Kamedas).

Note

• Kochi Kame's first animated adaptation is not this short film, but from a commercial for the handheld game Race 'N' Chase, released by Bambino in 1980. Kenta Kimotsuke as Ryōtsu and Kōsei Tomida as Ōhara.